The Real Revolution
PREDICTION: If the
Revolutionary War was not
the “real revolution”, what
was?
Where are these principles, opinions,
sentiments and affections of the
people found?
Within our American political culture!
Political Culture: a distinctive and patterned
way of thinking about how political AND
economic life OUGHT to be carried out.
People’s FUNDAMENTAL assumptions about
how the political process SHOULD operate.
Elements of the American View
LIBERTY: Free to do as your please
as long as you do not hurt anyone
else.
Elements of the American View
LIBERTY: Free to do as your please
as long as you do not hurt anyone
else.
EQUALITY: Equal vote, equal chance
to participate, equal opportunity to
succeed. Not equality of results.
Elements of the American View
LIBERTY: Free to do as your please
as long as you do not hurt anyone
else.
EQUALITY: Equal vote, equal chance
to participate, equal opportunity to
succeed. Not equality of results.
DEMOCRACY: Government officials ought to be
responsible to the people.
Elements of our American View
LIBERTY: Free to do as your please
as long as you do not hurt anyone
else.
EQUALITY: Equal vote, equal chance
to participate, equal opportunity to
succeed. Not equality of results.
DEMOCRACY: Government officials ought to be
responsible to the people.
CIVIC DUTY: Take community
affairs seriously, help out/give
when you can.
Elements of our American View
LIBERTY: Free to do as your please
as long as you do not hurt anyone
else.
EQUALITY: Equal vote, equal chance
to participate, equal opportunity to
succeed. Not equality of results.
DEMOCRACY: Government officials ought to be
responsible to the people.
CIVIC DUTY: Take community
affairs seriously, help out/give
when you can.
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY: Individuals are
responsible for their own actions & well-being
Adapted from Wilson/Dilulio
What historical events influenced our beliefs of…
LIBERTY
EQUALITY
DEMOCRACY.
CIVIC DUTY
and
INDIVIDUAL
RESPONSIBILITY?
What is your very first political
memory? Write it down on your
notecard.
Share with a partner. How does your
memory relate to the elements of political
culture? (Even if your memory is from
outside the U.S.)
The Power of Ideas: John Locke
Read and Retell with a partner
DIRECTIONS:
1. READ FIRST – talk to your partner about
what each section means
2. For any BOLD term, stop and define it in
the margin using the context of the
passage.
3. Then, ** the main idea and underline the
key details present in the excerpt from
John Locke’s Second Treatise on
Government [1690].
The Power of Ideas: John Locke
Three key supporting details:
I. Natural Rights
II. Consent of the Governed
III. Limited Government
According to Locke, what is the sole
purpose of government?
- Preservation of Property
Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence (1776)
Revolutionary War (1776-1783)
Articles of Confederation (1781-1787)
The US Constitution (1787 – present)
Sources of Political Change:
Reform, Revolution + Coup
Building a State: The Pillars of the State
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Weaknesses of the
Articles of Confederation
 Unicameral Congress
 1 vote per state
 No power to collect
taxes or regulate trade
 “A firm league of
friendship...”
 Fear of tyranny/another
“king” kept the states
divided
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New
York
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What PILLARS of the
STATE were missing or
weak in the Articles of
Confederation?
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Virginia
North
Carolina
South
Carolina
Georgia
Who were the delegates to the
Constitutional Convention?
What did the Framers believe?
What did they
agree on?
What did they
disagree on?
How did they
compromise?
Address the Critical Issues: States Rights
v. National Power, Economy, and
Individual Rights
Madisonian System
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President
Four-year Terms
Nominates
Judiciary
Lifetime Terms
Confirms
Senate
Six-year Terms
House of
Representatives
Two-year Terms
Six Core Principles of the Constitution
GRANTS OF POWER – DENIALS OF POWER
SEPARATED POWERS – SHARED POWERS
Constitutional
Principle:
TWO Examples from the
US Constitution:
Grant? Denial? Separated?
Shared?
Popular Sovereignty
Limited Government
Federalism…
State the example, but
also its location [article,
section, clause]
You will NOT fill in all of
the boxes. Only the ones
that apply to each
principle!
The Real Revolution
REEVALUATE: If the
Revolutionary War was not
the “real revolution”, what
was?
The Real Revolution
“The Revolution was in the minds and
hearts of the people . . . . This radical
change in the principles, opinions,
sentiments, and affections of the people
was the real American Revolution.“
- John Adams, 1818